Baseball Prospectus: Articles Tagged Peter Gammonshttp://www.baseballprospectus.com/tag/Peter Gammons/
The Week in Quotes: June 6-12 by <a class='author' href="/news/index.php?author=126">Alex Carnevale</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14212
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14212The notable quotables from the week that was.Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:00:00 -0700Under The Knife: Pain in Pairs by <a class='author' href="/author/will_carroll/">Will Carroll</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9377
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9377A quintet of injury-afflicted duos, an Indy Tweetup recap, plus a gaggle of Quick Cuts. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:57:00 -0700The Week in Quotes: February 9-15 by <a class='author' href="/news/index.php?author=126">Alex Carnevale</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8510
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8510Everybody's talking about everyone else, say it ain't so Bud and so it shall be, and the Straw stirs.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:06:00 -0800Schrodinger's Bat: Variations on a Monetary Theme by <a class='author' href="/author/dan_fox/">Dan Fox</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5253
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5253Does an evenly balanced payroll put you at the front of the pack? Does it have anything to do with postseason success? Dan takes a look.Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:00:00 -0700Under The Knife: Get Well Soon by <a class='author' href="/author/will_carroll/">Will Carroll</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5248
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5248Updates on Kerry Wood, Robinson Cano and others highlight this UTK, but it's a different kind of injury that is at the forefront of Will's mind today.
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:00:00 -0700Under The Knife: Heroes by <a class='author' href="/author/will_carroll/">Will Carroll</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4273
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4273On the eve of Hall of Fame weekend, Will writes about two of the men who shaped his baseball life.Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:00:00 -0700Winter Meetings Diary by <a class='author' href="/author/bp/">Baseball Prospectus</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3665
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3665Updated Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. PST.Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:00:00 -0800Hot Stove, Cool Music by <a class='author' href="/news/index.php?author=66">Nathan Fox</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2509
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2509BOSTON, Mass. -- I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. When I go to a rock show I expect to see someone onstage howling like a banshee and whaling away on the rhythm guitar. I just don't expect that someone to be Peter Gammons.
Sunday night's "Hot Stove, Cool Music" show at the Paradise Rock Club featured not just Gammons onstage, but a slew of baseball rockers and an audience full of VIP baseball guests. It was the fourth annual event, but the first for me. I'll admit to being star struck--the following is what I can make of my notes...Tue, 13 Jan 2004 21:00:00 -0800Under The Knife: Applying the Lessons by <a class='author' href="/author/will_carroll/">Will Carroll</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1840
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1840Thanks to everyone who emailed their congratulations on the one-year anniversary. As I told many of you, what makes this fun for me is meeting readers--both in and outside of baseball--and getting to know them. There are great people in baseball: People who love the game like Peter Gammons and Rob Neyer (who has a kicking new Modesty Panel website); people like Alex Belth, Lee Sinins, and Jamey Newberg; people like the guys at BP that I've read for years, not to mention new friends like Nate Silver and Ryan Wilkins. People like...well, I can't name the various players, trainers, and doctors I've gotten to know, but you know who you are and I know you're reading. So thanks to you...each one of you.
I said yesterday that people were reading this column, but I said nothing about everyone being able to learn the lessons. Jack McDowell certainly doesn't get it, and we've known for a while that Jeff Torborg and Brad Arnsberg don't get it either. I'll say it again: There are certain factors that make a pitcher more likely to get injured, and when a pitcher exhibits signs of injury or overuse, it is the responsibility of the manager and pitching coach to use that pitcher in a manner which will keep him healthy while retaining the maximum amount of value.
That said, it seems quite apparent that both Torborg and Arnsberg knew that one of their players was injured, but rode him hard nonetheless. This is absolutely inexcusable, and both men are--flat out--to blame for the loss of A.J. Burnett. Scalies fans, your manager and pitching coach just cost you at least two wins in 2003 (per his PECOTA projection) and a staff ace for the better portion of two years. For a team with serious financial issues this is simply untenable, and if anyone in that front office has the remotest of clues, that person needs to fire both men. Do it now, before Josh Beckett or Brad Penny gets badly hurt.
Burnett looks like he's headed for Tommy John surgery, though the final determination won't be made until Jim Andrews has his elbow open. Count A.J. out for the year. Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:00:00 -0700Breaking Out by <a class='author' href="/author/nate_silver/">Nate Silver</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17090
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17090PECOTAWed, 29 Jan 2003 13:24:00 -0800Prospectus Feature: Breaking Out by <a class='author' href="/author/nate_silver/">Nate Silver</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17075
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17075In an article that appeared last week on ESPN.com, Peter Gammons provided a list of 20 players whom respondants to an informal straw poll described as candidates for a breakout season. The list, derived from a survey of major league executives, included a mix of pitchers and hitters, five-tool talents and makeup guys, united only in their ability to tease hibernating fantasy leaguers into dreams of greener days ahead.
If one needs any reminder that lists like these are little more than a grownup's version of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, it's worth reviewing a similar list that Gammons produced last year.Thu, 23 Jan 2003 08:42:00 -0800HACKING MASS Results by <a class='author' href="/author/bp/">Baseball Prospectus</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1295
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1295Sun, 09 Dec 2001 21:00:00 -0800